Past Events

The 'War on Terror': Seven Years On from the Terrorism Act

Saturday January 19th 2008, Location: Roehampton University, London

Speakers included:
■ Moazzam Begg, former Guantánamo detainee and spokesperson for Cageprisoners
■ Chris Cooper, Chair of Peace & Progress (Keynote Speech in MS Word format)
■ Liz Fekete, Deputy Director of the Institute of Race Relations
■ Stephanie Harrison, Human Rights Lawyer and founder member of CAMPACC

Download a discussion document from the conference.

The Struggle for Human Rights:
a Meeting to Launch 'A World Without Fear or Poverty'

Saturday June 24th 2006, Location: London

Click here for contribution to the meeting by Chris Cooper, Chair, Peace & Progress, and here for contribution by Denis Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary-General (PDF format).

You can also read the Peace & Progress manifesto launched at the meeting, A World Without Fear or Poverty, by clicking here.

Founding Conference

Saturday November 27th 2004 , Location: Royal National Hotel, London

A World Free from Fear - Is there a conflict between national security and human rights?

Symposium, Sunday November 7th 2004 2pm, Friends Meeting House, Euston, London

Speakers included:
Shami Chakrabarti (Liberty)
Les Levidow (CAMPACC)
Elizabeth Little (Director, Refugee Arrivals)
Sarah Ludford MEP
Corin Redgrave (Peace and Progress)
Philppe Sands QC (Professor of International Law, UCL)
Chair: Vivian Yates

A Future free from fear?

A symposium to discuss the War on Terror and its consequences for human rights, Saturday October 23rd 2004 2pm, Central Library Theatre, Sheffield

Speakers:
Sue Conlan (immigration lawyer)
Jillian Creasy (Sheffield City Councillor, Green Party)
Michael Ferguson MLA West Belfast (Sinn Fein)
Saleh Mamon (CAMPACC)
Charmaine Roche (Peace and Progress)

Justice for Feroz Abbasi and Moazzam Begg

Meeting, Wednesday July 23rd 2004, Library Theatre, Birmingham

Britain’s Guantanamo: Internment Without Trial in Belmarsh

Symposium, Sunday February 15th 2004, Friends Meeting House, Euston, London

One People, One World

Meeting held in Birmingham on September 21st 2003